On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 23:56 +0200, dragoran wrote:>>> On 8/9/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram fedoraproject org> wrote:> [..]> echo 5 > /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
>> gnome-power-manager already sets this (only to 2 but it does) when> running on battery.> also it does not use 5 to avoid to many spindown cycles

laptop mode does not spin down the disk. It just clusters IO.

ok

And it's useful everywhere, not just when on battery...

Let me say that again: Power saving matters everywhere, not just onbattery. Just ask any sysadmin who runs a datacenter...

I didn't say it does not matter I just explained what gpm does in fact I run a patched x86_64 tickless kernel on my server because power savings _do_ matter ;)